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Lauren Dake

Oct 7, 2026

6:09
How much has she said about why she should get a first?
6:14
Well, certainly her more consistent message has been why Kotek shouldn't get a second term.
6:20
Um, but she did release a plan in August.
6:23
She called it the Drazen Plan.
6:25
Um, she held a press conference at the time.
6:27
She took extensive questions on it, and there are some specifics in the plan.
6:32
You know, she wants a government accountability office whose goal is to identify waste and inefficiencies.
9:13
Are data centers a dividing line?
Kim MalcolmCORRESPONDENT
8:13
What are experts telling you about what could have happened here?
8:17
We spoke to several former chemical safety board members and engineers, professors, and the commonality that really emerged was that they think what caused this was likely a complex mix of factors that really contributed to this tragedy.
8:35
So several people said it could have been an issue with the vents, um, maybe that combined with some issues with the actual tank itself, corrosion or cracks.
8:46
And then on top of it all, you know, you are dealing with this very dangerous toxic chemical, and then when you take any failure or perhaps several failures happening in concert, well, then we see that it can be quite deadly.
Kim MalcolmCORRESPONDENT
9:08
Tell us what happens in an implosion.
9:10
Well, one person we spoke with, his name is Steven Kemotek, and he is a professor of chemical engineering at Worchester Polytechnic Institute, and he said the photos, the drone footage, do seem to suggest that the tank collapsed inward, and that to him seemed to suggest a dramatic change in pressure.
9:32
He said maybe there was a relief valve on top of this massive tank that could have unplugged and then caused it to collapse.
9:42
This is how he put it in his own words.

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